Budgie the Little Helicopter (1994 - 1997)

Budgie The Little Helicopter (1994-7) - this animated TV series was based on some children's books written by Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York (whose ex-husband, Prince Andrew, was a Royal Navy helicopter pilot in the Falklands conflict). Budgie was a supposedly 'cute' cartoon for the under-fives, about the adventures of a plucky 'copter at an airport, and it ran for three seasons.